Vigil for Victims of MH 17
A family waits to place flowers at a vigil for victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in Kuala Lumpur July 22, 2014. A train carrying the remains of some of the nearly 300 victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane downed over Ukraine was heading for Ukrainian government territory on Tuesday as a separatist leader handed over the plane's black boxes to Malaysian experts. Reuters

Ukraine is going to face more trouble in relation with the downing of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 that killed 298 on board, in July. The kin of German victims in the tragedy will sue Ukraine and its president for alleged "manslaughter by negligence in 298 cases," reported Reuters.

Elmar Giemulla, the victims' lawyer said the international law mandated that Ukraine should have closed its air space if it felt it was insecure and it could not guarantee the safety of flights. He said all states carry the responsibility to ensure the security of their air space. If a state cannot protect its airspace it must close it. Since that did not happen in the case of Ukraine, it must be held accountable for the damage.

The Sunday newspaper Bild am Sonntag quoted Giemulla saying that by not closing the airspace, Ukraine has accepted that it endangered the lives of hundreds of innocent people and "annihilated" them in violation of human rights. The jetliner owned by Malaysia Airlines crashed into Ukraine's rebel territory killing 298 people, in July.

European Court

The lawyer Giemulla will take his case to the European Court of Human Rights in another two weeks, charging Ukraine and President Petro Poroshenko of manslaughter by negligence. It will also seek a big compensation of one million euros ($1.3 million) per victim, the paper Bild am Sonntag reported. So far, Ukraine and Western countries had been accusing the Russia backed rebels of shooting down the plane, using a Russian-made missile. But Russia has rejected that charge and accused Ukraine of doing it.

German Pilot's Version

Meanwhile, a report in the Global Research that carried the views of a German Pilot named Peter Haisenko has added a new twist. The German pilot ruled out the theory that the ill fated plane was hit by a missile. The pilot made his comments after seeing the pictures of the plane's wreckage and debris. The German pilot said it was clear that the aircraft was not hit by a missile in its central portion. Rather the destruction seemed to be from an attack on the cockpit area, leading to an explosion inside the aircraft.

The pilot argued that the cockpit of the MH 17 might have been fired at from two sides. The fragment of the cockpit segment showed the entry and exit holes of cannon fire. Under a rapid fire of GSh-302 cannon, a series of explosions might have taken place in the cockpit area.